Effects of exposure to alcohol‐related cues on racial discrimination

Степанова, Елена В.; Bartholow, Bruce D.; Saults, J. Scott; Friedman, Ronald

doi:10.1002/ejsp.2325

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“…This study also found that calculation-based thinking exhibited a stronger binding effect in participants who just consumed hedonic products than in participants who just consumed utilitarian products. There is abundant evidence that the activities that participants are undertaking can activate their corresponding mental state or thinking mode (e.g., Stepanova et al, 2018 ; Sussman et al, 2015 ; Zürn & Fritz, 2017 ). For example, the profits calculating tasks can facilitate participants to think about their own interests and make rational decisions (Xin & Liu, 2013 ).…”

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Feeling and Calculation: The Impact of Lay Rationalism Thinking Mode on Mental Budgeting

2022

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Mental budgeting is a cognitive process that helps individuals control consumption expenditures. Previous literature has shown that mental budgeting is influenced by people’s cognitive capabilities and emotions, which indicates a potential influence of thinking modes on mental budgeting. Under the view of lay rationalism, the present three studies investigated the relationship between thinking modes (i.e., calculation-based thinking and feeling-based thinking) and mental budgeting, as well as the moderating effect of product types that participants consume. It was found that, first, the scores of lay rationalism, which indicate calculation-based thinking, were positively correlated with the mental budgeting levels of college students (Study 1a) and newcomers in the workplace (Study 1b); second, the activation of calculation-based thinking (vs. feeling-based thinking) decreased participants’ consumption willingness (Study 2); and third, the calculation-based thinking exhibited a stronger binding effect in participants who consumed only hedonic products than in participants who consumed only utilitarian products (Study 2). The results demonstrated the effects of lay rationalism thinking mode and product types on mental budgeting, which highlighted different implications for consumers and merchants. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-022-03689-5.

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Feeling and Calculation: The Impact of Lay Rationalism Thinking Mode on Mental Budgeting

2022

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“…In considering how the current findings fit with the larger body of research on alcohol-cue priming effects, given the very small effects observed in the current studies, it would appear prudent to be skeptical of the specific hypothesis that exposure to alcohol cues decreases positive attitudes toward racial outgroup members. Previous research has shown that, among White undergraduates, exposure to alcohol cues can enhance expression of racial bias against Blacks (Stepanova et al, 2012) and produce harsher judgments of Black experimenters (Stepanova et al, in press). The current research represented a conceptual replication and extension of those previous studies, and the current results suggest that those previous findings might be more sensitive to methodological differences across studies than was expected.…”

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“…Merely being exposed to alcohol-related cues increases the expression of racial bias (Stepanova, Bartholow, Saults, & Friedman, 2012), discrimination (Stepanova, Bartholow, Saults, & Friedman, in press), and biases toward lesbians and gay men (Greitemeyer & Nierula, 2016). Stepanova et al (2012) found that in the Weapons Identification Task (WIT; Payne, 2001) participants who were primed with alcohol-related cues were more likely to misidentify tools when preceded by Black (compared to White) faces than those primed with neutral beverage cues.…”

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Effects of Exposure to Alcohol-Related Cues on Racial Prejudice

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Abstract. Prior research ( Stepanova, Bartholow, Saults, & Friedman, 2012 ) indicates that exposure to alcohol-related cues increases expressions of racial biases. This study investigated whether such effects can be replicated with other tasks assessing racial bias and whether they stem from stereotyping or prejudice. In two experiments participants (N1 = 118; N2 = 152) were exposed to either alcohol-related or neutral advertisements, and then completed a race-priming lexical decision task (LDT, Wittenbrink, Judd, and Park, 1997) . Experiment 1 provided weak evidence that exposure to alcohol cues decreases positive attitudes toward Blacks, which was not confirmed in a high-powered replication (Experiment 2). Our findings suggest a short-lived nature (if any) of alcohol priming effects on racial bias when measured by the primed LDT.

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“…Research on alcohol priming shows that exposure to alcohol-related cues such as alcohol-related images or words (in the absence of alcohol consumption) can increase sexual attraction, even when those cues are presented outside of conscious awareness (Friedman, McCarthy, Forster, & Denzler, 2005). Other work has shown that exposure to alcohol cues stimulates various disinhibited judgments and behaviors such as aggression (e.g., Bartholow & Heinz, 2006; Friedman, McCarthy, Bartholow, & Hicks, 2007; Subra, Muller, Bègue, Bushman, & Delmas, 2010), expression of racial biases (Stepanova, Bartholow, Saults, & Friedman, 2012, in press), and negative biases toward lesbians and gay men (Greitemeyer & Nierula, 2016). Importantly, exposure to alcohol-related cues in the environment produces similar social disinhibition effects to those that result from actual alcohol consumption (Freeman, Friedman, Bartholow, & Wulfert, 2010).…”

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Alcohol Priming and Attribution of Blame in an Acquaintance Rape Vignette

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Brown

2017

J Interpers Violence

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Research on nonpharmacological effects of alcohol shows that exposure to alcohol-related cues (i.e., alcohol priming) can increase behaviors associated with actual alcohol consumption. Attributions of responsibility to female victims in sexual assault scenarios are affected by whether or not alcohol was consumed by a victim and/or perpetrator. Victims often receive higher levels of blame if they consume alcohol prior to the assault. This work extends the research on nonpharmacological effects of alcohol into a novel domain of blame attribution toward rape victims. In two studies, participants in lab settings (Study 1; N = 184) and online (Study 2; N = 421) were primed with alcohol or neutral beverage advertisements as part of a purportedly separate ad-rating task and then were presented with a vignette depicting an acquaintance rape where the characters consumed beer or soda. Participants subsequently completed a questionnaire assessing victim blame and perpetrator blame. Across both studies, participants blamed the victim most when they were exposed to both contextual (story) and noncontextual (ads) alcohol cues; this effect was especially prominent in males in Study 1. Findings for perpetrator blame were inconsistent across studies. Implications of nonpharmacological effects of alcohol on blame attribution toward rape victims are discussed in the context of courtroom situations and bystander intervention.

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Effects of exposure to alcohol‐related cues on racial discrimination

Cited by 5 publications

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Feeling and Calculation: The Impact of Lay Rationalism Thinking Mode on Mental Budgeting

Feeling and Calculation: The Impact of Lay Rationalism Thinking Mode on Mental Budgeting

Effects of Exposure to Alcohol-Related Cues on Racial Prejudice

Alcohol Priming and Attribution of Blame in an Acquaintance Rape Vignette

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